JP3230729U - Kitchen type Buddhist altar - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen-type Buddhist altar capable of easily grasping an open / closed state of a kitchen door even for a visually impaired person. SOLUTION: A kitchen-type Buddhist altar 10 is provided with a kitchen 14 on which the principal image X is placed so that the principal image X is hidden in front of the kitchen 14, and a dimming member 30 capable of switching between a transparent state and an opaque state. A main image blindfold unit having a power supply unit for switching the energized state of the dimming member 30, and whether the dimming member 30 is in the transparent state or the opaque state when switching between the transparent state and the opaque state of the dimming member 30. A voice guidance unit 18 for guiding by voice and a Buddhist altar body 12 for accommodating these are provided. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to an improvement of a kitchen-type Buddhist altar that uses dimming glass that can switch between a transparent state and an opaque state as a substitute for a kitchen door.

There are various styles of Buddhist altars, and one of them is known as a kitchen-type Buddhist altar in which a kitchen for enshrining the principal image such as Buddhist statues and scriptures is housed inside the main body of the Buddhist altar. In the kitchen-type Buddhist altar, a kitchen door is provided in front of the kitchen, and the kitchen door is normally closed so that the principal image cannot be seen from the outside, and the kitchen door is opened only when necessary for work etc. to see the principal image. To.

By the way, Buddhist altars are generally decorated with Buddhist altars such as rice bowls, tea ceremony bowls, vases or candlesticks, and the above-mentioned opening and closing work of the kitchen door is such that the Buddhist altars are touched and knocked down. It is done with care not to happen. In some cases, it is necessary to temporarily move the Buddhist equipment to another place and return it to its original position after opening (or closing) the kitchen door, which is very troublesome.

As a technique for eliminating such annoyance, a kitchen-type Buddhist altar that uses a dimming glass that can switch between a transparent state and an opaque state as a substitute for a kitchen door has been proposed and is widely used (Patent Documents). 1).

In this conventional technology, when working, the dimming glass becomes transparent by turning on the power of the dimming glass, and the principal image enshrined in the kitchen can be seen from the outside (the kitchen door is opened). It will be in the same state). When the work is over, the dimming glass becomes opaque by turning off the power of the dimming glass, and the principal image inside the kitchen cannot be seen from the outside (it becomes the same state as when the kitchen door is closed).

In this way, by using the dimming glass that can switch between the transparent state and the opaque state as a substitute for the kitchen door, the principal image can be seen (the kitchen door is open) and invisible (the kitchen door is closed). Since it is possible to switch between the state and the state with a single switch operation, it is possible to eliminate the hassle of opening and closing the kitchen door.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-136857 (Fig. 1)

The kitchen-type Buddhist altar, which uses conventional dimming glass instead of the kitchen door, is very convenient because the main image can be switched between visible and invisible with a single switch operation. However, for the visually impaired, there is a problem that it is not possible to determine whether the principal image is currently visible or invisible, which hinders daily work.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and it is possible for a visually impaired person to easily grasp whether the principal image in the kitchen is visible or invisible. It is to provide a possible kitchen-type Buddhist altar.

The device according to claim 1 is "a kitchen 14 in which the principal image X is placed, a dimming member 30 provided so as to hide the principal image X in front of the kitchen 14 and capable of switching between a transparent state and an opaque state. The main image blindfold unit 16 having a power supply unit 36 for switching the energized state of the dimming member 30, and when switching between the transparent state and the opaque state of the dimming member 30, the dimming member 30 becomes transparent or opaque. The kitchen-type Buddhist altar 10 is provided with a voice guidance unit 18 for guiding the light by voice and a Buddhist altar body 12 for accommodating these.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that "a light source 20 that brightly illuminates the principal image X when the dimming member 30 becomes transparent and turns off when the dimming member 30 becomes opaque" is further provided.

According to these ideas, when the dimming member becomes transparent or opaque, the sound that guides the state is reproduced, so it is not only possible to see whether the principal image is currently visible or invisible. It can be grasped by ear. Therefore, even a visually impaired person can easily grasp the state of the principal image and does not interfere with daily work.

It is a figure which shows the state which the dimming member is transparent, and the principal image is visible from the outside. It is a figure which shows the state which the dimming member is opaque state, and the principal image is invisible from the outside. It is sectional drawing of the main part which shows the mounting state of a kitchen door. It is a block diagram of a kitchen type Buddhist altar related to this idea.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail according to the illustrated examples. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the kitchen-type Buddhist altar 10 according to the present invention has a Buddhist altar body 12, a kitchen 14, a main image blindfold unit 16, a voice guidance unit 18, and a light source 20.

The Buddhist altar body 12 has a vertically long box shape with an opening at the front, and a double-door type Oto 22 is attached to the opening so as to be openable and closable.

Various shapes can be applied to the Buddhist altar body 12, and in this embodiment, the Buddhist altar body 12 is divided into three upper and lower stages by two partition plates 24a and 24b. The upper space is used as a space for installing the kitchen 14, which will be described later, and the middle and lower spaces are used as a space for arranging and storing Buddhist altars, scriptures, etc. (in this embodiment, the middle space). A Buddhist rice bowl, a tea ceremony bowl and a vase are placed in the part, and a candlestick and a ring are placed in the lower part).

In the Buddhist altar body 12, the ceiling portion 12a of the upper part where the kitchen 14 is installed houses the control unit 34, the voice guidance unit 18, and the light source 20 of the main image blindfold unit 16 described later, and is left and right on the front surface of the ceiling portion 12a. On both sides, sound passage holes 26 for passing the sound flowing from the speaker 46 of the voice guidance unit 18 described later are formed. Further, a receiver 36b constituting the power supply unit 36 of the main image blindfold unit 16 described later is attached to the upper partition plate 24a.

As described above, the kitchen 14 is installed in the upper part of the Buddhist altar body 12. The kitchen 14 is a part where the principal idols such as Buddhist statues and scriptures are enshrined, and the principal idol X is enshrined on the raised Sumidan 14a.

The principal image blindfold unit 16 is provided as a substitute for the kitchen door in order to switch between a state in which the principal image X is visible and a state in which the principal image X is invisible, and is provided as a dimming member 30, a condenser 32, a control unit 34, and a power supply unit 36. Has.

The dimming member 30 is a vertically long plate-shaped member in which a liquid crystal sheet 30b is interposed between two plate glasses 30a (see the inside of FIG. 3 circle), and the entire principal image X is dimmed when viewed from the front. It is provided on the front side of the kitchen 14 so as to be hidden by the member 30. The liquid crystal sheet 30b used in this embodiment is in a transparent state when energized and in an opaque state when not energized.

A feeder (not shown) is led out from the liquid crystal sheet 30b of the dimming member 30, and is electrically connected to the control unit 34 via a capacitor 32 (see FIG. 4).

The dimming member 30 may be any one as long as it can electrically switch between a transparent state and an opaque state. For example, a liquid crystal film is attached to a plate glass. May be good.

Frames 38 are attached to both the upper and lower sides of the dimming member 30. Pins 38a are provided on each frame 38 so as to project vertically, and each pin 38a is fitted into a bearing 12b of the Buddhist altar body 12. As a result, the dimming member 30 can be opened and closed around the pin 38a (see FIG. 3).

The control unit 34 is a portion that controls the supply of electric power to the dimming member 30 by receiving a signal from the power supply unit 36 described later, and is housed in the ceiling portion 12a of the Buddhist altar body 12 as described above.

The power supply unit 36 has a transmitter 36a and a receiver 36b. A well-known infrared remote controller is adopted as the transmitter 36a, and when the receiver 36b receives the power signal (infrared ray) transmitted by the switch operation of the transmitter 36a, the received power signal is transmitted to the control unit 34. By transmitting the signal, the control unit 34 can switch the power supply on and off (the power supply unit 36 may be a switch type). The voice guidance unit 18 and the light source 20 are connected to the control unit 34 as described later, and their operations can be controlled at the same time.

The voice guidance unit 18 includes a control unit 40, a D / A converter 42, an amplifier 44, and a speaker 46, which are connected in series in this order (see FIG. 4).

The control unit 40 is a portion that outputs a predetermined sound when the main blindfold unit 16 is turned on / off, and is electrically connected to the control unit 34.

The control unit 40 is provided with a storage unit 40a, and an arbitrary audio file is stored in the storage unit 40a.

In this embodiment, the voice guidance unit 18 is housed in the ceiling portion 12a of the Buddhist altar main body 12, and the speaker 46 is arranged behind the sound passage hole 26.

The light source 20 is for brightly illuminating the principal image X enshrined in the kitchen 14, is housed in the ceiling portion 12a of the Buddhist altar main body 12, and is electrically connected to the control unit 34. In this embodiment, a white (single color) LED is used as the light source 20, but a plurality of colors such as red and blue may be used to illuminate the principal image X in rainbow colors.

When using the kitchen-type Buddhist altar 10 configured as described above, the power button of the transmitter 36a of the power supply unit 36 is turned on. When the receiver 36b receives the power-on signal (infrared ray) transmitted from the transmitter 36a, the control unit 34 is energized, and power is supplied to the main image blindfold unit 16, the voice guidance unit 18, and the light source 20 at the same time.

When power is supplied to the principal image blinding unit 16, the liquid crystal sheet 30b of the dimming member 30 instantly switches from an opaque state to a transparent state, and the principal image X at the back of the dimming member 30 becomes visible from the outside ( The same state as when the kitchen door was opened). The principal image X is brightly illuminated by the light source 20 (see FIG. 1).

On the other hand, in the voice guidance unit 18, the voice file stored in the control unit 40 is analog-converted and analog-converted by the D / A converter 42 at the same time as the dimming member 30 changes (changes from the opaque state to the transparent state). The voice data is amplified by the amplifier 44, and a voice (here, a voice saying "The main priest has appeared") is played to notify that the main priest X can be seen from the speaker 46.

By hearing the sound flowing from the speaker 46, the visually impaired believer can recognize that the principal image X is currently visible, and can perform daily work with peace of mind.

When the work is finished, the power button of the transmitter 36a is turned off. Then, as described above, the signal for turning off the power is transmitted to the control unit 34 via the receiver 36b, and the power supply to the main blindfold unit 16, the voice guidance unit, and the light source 20 is stopped.

When the power supply to the principal image blindfold unit 16 is stopped, the liquid crystal sheet 30b of the dimming member 30 changes from a transparent state to an opaque state, and the principal image X cannot be seen from the outside (the same state as when the kitchen door is closed). 2). Further, the light source 20 is turned off.

On the other hand, in the voice guidance unit 18, the sound file stored in the control unit 40 is analog-converted by the D / A converter 42 at the same time as the dimming member 30 changes from the transparent state to the opaque state, and the analog-converted music. The data is amplified by the amplifier 44, and a sound (here, a voice saying "The main priest is hidden") is played to notify that the main priest X is invisible from the speaker 46.

The visually impaired believer recognizes that the principal image X is currently invisible by hearing the sound flowing from the speaker 46.

As described above, according to the kitchen-type Buddhist altar 10 of the present embodiment, when the principal image blindfold unit 16 is operated, a sound indicating whether the principal image X is currently visible or invisible is transmitted from the speaker 46. Even a visually impaired person can reliably grasp the state of the principal image X by relying on the voice.

In the above embodiment, the sound reproduced from the speaker 46 is registered in the control unit 40 in advance, but a believer may be able to register an arbitrary sound. Further, the content of the voice may be not only a human voice but also music, a mechanical sound, or the like, as long as it can be understood whether the principal image X is visible or invisible.

10: Kitchen type Buddhist altar, 12: Buddhist altar body, 12a: Ceiling part, 12b: Bearing, 14: Kitchen, 14a: Sumidan, 16: Honzon blindfold unit, 18: Voice guidance unit, 20: Light source, 22: Oto, 24a 24b: Partition plate, 26: Sound transmission hole, 30: Dimming member, 30a: Plate glass, 30b: Liquid crystal sheet, 32: Condenser, 34: Control unit, 36: Power supply unit, 36a: Transmitter, 36b: Receiver , 38: frame, 38a: pin, 40: control unit, 40a: storage unit, 42: D / A converter, 44: amplifier, 46: speaker, X: principal image

Claims (2)

The kitchen where the principal image is enshrined,
A principal image blindfold unit having a dimming member that is provided so as to hide the principal image in front of the kitchen and can switch between a transparent state and an opaque state, and a power supply unit that switches the energized state of the dimming member.
When switching between the transparent state and the opaque state of the dimming member, a voice guidance unit that gives voice guidance as to whether the dimming member becomes transparent or opaque, and a Buddhist altar body accommodating these are provided. A kitchen-shaped Buddhist altar featuring. The kitchen-type Buddhist altar according to claim 1, further comprising a light source that brightly illuminates the principal image when the dimming member becomes transparent and turns off when the dimming member becomes opaque.